People using terminology referencing abuse on this website with no trigger warnings (which I thought was a bit of a safe place) hurts me so much. I feel stupid and weak for not being able to handle what others should be able to handle (and there is one person in particular that I am annoyed with, but I am not comfortable with revealing their name).
I feel less of a want to use this website because of the fear of pain and frustration I feel towards myself (and maybe towards the people that use such terms, but I am not sure how much of the blame should really be put on them).
Yeah the way I see it is that, this time, the medical jargon is filling a real hole in the English language. What I mean is: how do you turn “selfish” into a noun? And I don’t mean “selfishness” I mean a noun that describes a person. Are we supposed to be calling people “selfists”? Selfers? Selfians?
You could say “selfish person” but that’s a mouthful and doesn’t sound the same as using a proper word.
All synonyms have the same problem except for the ones that are also jargon.
We’ve gotta rename npd then.